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IcyPeas

(25,405 posts)
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:15 PM Thursday

French NATO Gen. Yakovleff "He'll drop us the minute it suits him"

(Video has English subtitles)

FRENCH NATO GEN. YAKOVLEFF:

“.. [Trump] wants to share the political risk, not the military risk. .. He’ll drop us the minute it suits him. .. This isn’t the time to buy a promo ticket on the Titanic.”

Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2026-03-19T19:58:30.477Z




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French NATO Gen. Yakovleff "He'll drop us the minute it suits him" (Original Post) IcyPeas Thursday OP
Smart guy! SheltieLover Thursday #1
Love the bit on selling cheap tickets to a dinner dance on the Titanic after hitting the iceberg!!! pat_k Thursday #2
Boy do the EU and everybody else have his number. leftyladyfrommo Thursday #3
just like he did with, well, everyone................ twodogsbarking Thursday #4
I said the same thing D_Master81 Thursday #5
I'm glad someone understands that. SergeStorms Thursday #6
They refuse to admit theyve been screwed and not kissed. BattleRow Thursday #7
There's much truth in that assumption. SergeStorms 13 hrs ago #10
Gen. Yakovleff: you couldn't be more right in your assessment of Krasnov. MLWR Thursday #8
Brilliant because it's true. Hassler Thursday #9
A must watch. dalton99a 13 hrs ago #11

pat_k

(13,317 posts)
2. Love the bit on selling cheap tickets to a dinner dance on the Titanic after hitting the iceberg!!!
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:34 PM
Thursday

leftyladyfrommo

(19,986 posts)
3. Boy do the EU and everybody else have his number.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:37 PM
Thursday

I saw where standing up to him has really improved their numbers.

D_Master81

(2,533 posts)
5. I said the same thing
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:54 PM
Thursday

NATO and all our allies better be careful about getting into this war. The minute that strait is open he will go back to shitting on them. Don’t make any deal with him.

SergeStorms

(20,509 posts)
6. I'm glad someone understands that.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 06:01 PM
Thursday

40% of the the voting U.S. population, and a fair number of wishy-washy "independents," don't.

They refuse to believe what Trump is, even though they've been shown countless times. Trump is out for Trump.

End of transmission.

BattleRow

(2,378 posts)
7. They refuse to admit theyve been screwed and not kissed.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 06:14 PM
Thursday

They aren't defending Trump,but defending their own egregious ,self centered choices.

SergeStorms

(20,509 posts)
10. There's much truth in that assumption.
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 12:10 PM
13 hrs ago

Like their hero, they're loathe to admit mistakes.

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